New Here 83 Thunderbird Reply #45 – October 17, 2012, 11:13:34 PM Took the pre-bent line off parts car for the rear brakes, clean out the line and re-installed on my car. Fit good!! Quote Selected
New Here 83 Thunderbird Reply #46 – October 19, 2012, 03:40:58 AM Cars looking good great job! wondering what Lincoln the rear end came out of and if it will bolt right up on an stock 83? Quote Selected
New Here 83 Thunderbird Reply #47 – October 20, 2012, 10:35:37 PM I am still trying to cross some info on the rear end, rear brake calipers, but no they welded brackets to make it fit from what I can see. Quote Selected
New Here 83 Thunderbird Reply #48 – October 24, 2012, 10:51:39 PM Mounted mad box and sway bar with new bushings today Quote Selected
New Here 83 Thunderbird Reply #49 – October 24, 2012, 10:52:59 PM looking great, progress every day! Awesome! Quote Selected
New Here 83 Thunderbird Reply #50 – October 25, 2012, 12:17:56 PM Quote from: Sean;400773Cars looking good great job! wondering what Lincoln the rear end came out of and if it will bolt right up on an stock 83? I went to Napa and looks like rearend and brake calibers are out of a 1976 thunderbird. Quote Selected
New Here 83 Thunderbird Reply #52 – October 28, 2012, 04:50:12 PM Black out fender wells and painted rear sway bar Quote Selected
New Here 83 Thunderbird Reply #53 – October 28, 2012, 04:54:11 PM Looking good there 83TB Quote Selected
New Here 83 Thunderbird Reply #54 – October 29, 2012, 04:14:01 PM Found at salvage yard today, got a power mirror too for pass side. Quote Selected
New Here 83 Thunderbird Reply #55 – October 29, 2012, 04:49:39 PM You might help me, please look at the last page of the "Yunkyard finds 2012" thread. Thanks Quote Selected
New Here 83 Thunderbird Reply #57 – November 19, 2012, 07:37:51 AM Started working on welding up hole at the bottom of rear window. Quote Selected
New Here 83 Thunderbird Reply #58 – December 03, 2012, 10:09:55 AM Nice bird.Hello from P'cola... Looks to me like someone redrilled the axles/rotors with the standard car bolt pattern.Most large FoMoCo cars in the 60s-70s, like Lincolns and T-Birds had a large, non-standard bolt pattern.They did a good job. I can't tell, but they might have even put 'new' axles in it with the correct bolt pattern.One thing though, those brakes are old tech, somewhat complex, and prices on parts are going up the older they get.You could possibly swap on some late model Crown Vic/Exploder rear discs, depending on which ends are on the axle tubes.Small bearing 9"/big bearing 8" ends can use the Vic rear discs, while 'New' big bearing 9" (or sometimes called Torino bearings), use the Exploder rear discs.The nice thing about the newer discs, besides cheap and plentiful, is that the E-brake setup is a drum setup, and drum brake E-brake cables are an easy swap.EditAfter another look, they redrilled the axles. You can see the old stud holes under the rotor.Another thing to note, it's possible that the rear is a 9 3/8" Ford rear.Those oversize cars with large bolt pattern wheels usually had the 9 3/8".It is almost identical to a 9", and you can even directly convert the housing over to all 9" parts. I am not sure what does and does not interchange (regarding the diff and gear set) if you try to hybrid them, but a complete parts swap is supposed to be direct. Quote Selected
New Here 83 Thunderbird Reply #59 – December 03, 2012, 09:59:26 PM Thanks for the info, looks like we found that I can use the Exploerer disc stuff. Quote Selected
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